Oh. my. god. After 2.5 years of sitting on my driveway not moving, the Integra is now running. I knew they were good cars, but this was amazing - less than an hour to get a car running that hasn't run in that long. We thought the engine might be frozen or any of a number of other bad things. But that was not the case.
I bought a new battery for it. Dan installed that, and put some oil in it. We let it crank over a bit to distribute the oil (pulled the distributor). Dan's friend Larry got in and it started right up. I even drove it around the block. Other than some strange belt noises and the fact that I couldn't see through either windshield (Dan cleared enough of a spot on the driver's side so I could be sure I wouldn't hit anything), the car ran fine.
There will still be some work I have to do to it to get it running enough so my mom can use it. And there's the matter of reminding her how to drive a stick shift. But it was surprisingly easy to get it running. Now I have to get it smogged, pay the back registration fees and get a mechanic to give it the once over and make sure everything works properly (maybe new tires, definitely new belts/hoses, maybe wiring). Did I mention that this all took less than an hour (including going to Pep Boys to buy the battery)? But woo hoo!
Posted by cshell at February 28, 2004 04:37 PM